'A financial banana republic': UBS-Credit Suisse deal puts Switzerland's reputation on the line (www.cnbc.com)
Finland still purchasing gas from Russia (yle.fi)
Spain Takes 84% More Russian LNG Than Before Invasion (oilprice.com)
Europe is discovering that it's not possible to increase ammunition production by simply throwing money at the problem. (archive.ph)
This is another example of just how utterly incompetent and detached from reality people running things in EU are. Turns out that it takes time to build factories, train workers, and secure supply chains for the resource production....
Switzerland Weighs Full or Partial Credit Suisse Nationalization (www.bloomberg.com)
French protestors sing "The Internationale" while on strike (mas.to)
French President Macron overrides parliament to pass retirement age bill. Western democracy in action! (www.cnbc.com)
Farmers' protest party win shock Dutch vote victory (www.bbc.com)
European banks battered as Credit Suisse drops over 20% (www.reuters.com)
Eisenwerk Verlag GmbH dating back to 1380 has filed a claim to declare itself bankrupt. The reason for bankruptcy is standard for our time - energy resources have risen in price. (www.focus.de)
Venice canals run dry as lingering weather system mires tides, and Alps snow shortage fuels concerns for Italy's summer (www.cbsnews.com)
Police clash with protesters in Rennes, France amid nationwide strikes over pension reforms (news.sky.com)
Ruins of buildings left from NATO bombing of Belgrade, Serbia (www.timetravelturtle.com)
‘Very precarious’: Europe faces growing water crisis as winter drought worsens (www.theguardian.com)
Insulate Britain activists jailed for seven weeks (www.opendemocracy.net)
The New European accidentally admits that EU states don't have sovereignty (lemmy.ml)
Germans are collecting signatures for the resignation of the government. More than 62,000 signatures have been collected on the campaign site so far (free-people.online)
Moldovan left demands PAS-led government resign and face elections (peoplesdispatch.org)
Ukraine war expected to cost Germany 160 billion euros by year-end (www.reuters.com)
Olaf Scholz airs frustration over allies’ stance on tanks for Ukraine. (archive.ph)
Floating LNG terminals are becoming even more expensive than planned (archive.is)
Turns out that the cost of floating LNG terminals more than tripled in 2022 and reached 10 billion euros by December 2022....